In federal Census 23
Aug 1870, Dist. 32, Pct. 10, Manchester P.O., Clay Co., KY, p.
212:
hh 17-17 Aron Brock 52 farmer $200-$300, Barbary (Shepherd) 51
housekeeping, Gilbert 18 works on farm, Carelo 16 m. works
on farm, Washington 15 works on farm, Elihue 14 works on farm,
Malinda 12 at home, Martha 10 at home, Elijah 8, Dealey 3 f.,
and William Brown 20 works on farm; all b. KY and none over 8
could read or write; nextdoor lived Adron Napier 27 and wife Rebecca
33 family.
A few pages away, Carlow was listed again as age 18 "works
on farm" in his older brother Amon's household, on 26
Aug 1870, in Dist. 32, Pct. 11, Manchester P.O., p. 244. Nextdoor
lived their brother Shadrick Brock and family, and on next page
their uncle Solomon Brock and family. None of these adults or
children over 8 could read or write.
md. Polly Ann Jackson (14 Feb 1854-11 Apr 1936), daughter
of Larkin Jackson & Elizabeth Burkhart,
on 5 Sep 1872, Magoffin
Co., KY and by 1875 they had moved to Wayne Co., WV, along with
some of his brothers.
In 1881-82,
Carlo was working in a well, sending up buckets of rocks when
the well caved in and killed him . He left his young widow with
five children:
1. Millard Lee Brock, b. Dec 1873,
Magoffin Co., KY
2. Lucinda
"Lou"
Brock,
b. 11 Oct 1875, Wayne Co., WV
As widows
must for survival in those days, Carlo's widow Polly Ann (aka
Mary Paulina) remarried 29 Jul 1882, Wayne Co., to Robert R. Acres
(Akers). They had 3 children:
6. Jacob
Akers, b. Apr 1883, WV
7. Nannie
Akers, b. Jul 1884, WV
8. Lillie
"Lil" Akers, b. Feb 1888, WV
Robert
R. Acres (b. 1856 in OH) died by 1890, leaving Polly now with
8 children. She md. (3rd) Johnny? Ratliff in 1890 and bore 3 more
children:
9. Grace
Ratliff, b. Jan 1891, WV
10. Myrtle
Ratliff, b. Jan 1895, WV
11. Curtis
Ratliff. b. Oct 1897, WV
Mr. Ratliff
apparently died before the 1900 Butler Dist., Wayne Co., WV, census
was taken on 14 Jun, for Polly Ratliff was enumerated as head
of household #172-174:
Polly
Ratliff
head b. Feb 1855, age 45, married 10 years, children born to this
mother 13, living 10, b. KY, father b. VA, mother b. KY; she was
a farmer, mos. not employed 12, owned farm free of mortgage, could
read and write;
and children
(all single) b. WV, father b. KY, mother b. KY:
Elizabeth
b. Brock daughter Aug 1879 age 20, could read and write;
Peyton
Brock son b. Mar 1881 age 19, teamster, mos. not employed 4,
could not read or write;
Jacob
Akers son b. Apr 1883 age 17, farm labor, mos. not employed 6,
could not read or write;
Nannie
Akers daughter b. Jul 1884 age 15, at school, could read and
write;
Lillie
Akers daughter b. Feb 1881 age 12, at school, could read but
not write;
Gracie
Ratliff daughter b. Jan 1891 age 9, could read, not write
Myrtie
Ratliff daughter b. Jan 1895 age 5; and
Curtis
Ratliff son b. Oct 1897 age 3.
Two doors
away was Polly's son Millard b. Dec 1873 (26) and family on a
mortgaged farm:
hh
170-172 as Millard Brock head b. Dec 1873 age 26 married 3 years
b. KY, father and mother b. KY, mos. not employed 2, farmer,
cannot read or write, owned mortgaged farm;
Dicey
Brock wife b. Mar 1881 age 19 married 3 years, children born
to this mother 2 living 2, b. KY, father and mother b. KY, can
read and write;
Bertha
daughter b. Jan 1898 age 2 b. KY-KY-KY;
Roy
E.* son b. May 1900 age 1 mo. b. WV-KY-KY.
NOTE: *Born on his grandfather
Carlo's property which passed to Millard and was sold in 1900,
one-month-old Roy E. Brock's name was changed to Goldie by time
a neighbor was sent to the Wayne Co. court house to record it.
But all his life his name was Charles Golden Brock. His sister
Clara's son Charles Golden "Cutie" Summers. was named
for him. (Wayne Co. Register of Births, p. 33-C)
Polly
Ann Jackson Brock Akers Ratliff died 11 Apr 1936, McCommas Dist.,
RFD 2, Salt Rock, Cabell Co., WV, home of her granddaughter Halie
and Early Ferguson; and is buried in Baylous Cemetery; informant
on death certificate was W. M. Canard.
There
were numerous Brock births in Wayne Co., WV in its 1879 Register
of Births:
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